25.5.07

Shaun and his boars

It's Friday afternoon which means Liz's colleague Shaun will be dreaming of heading off bush tonight for some hunting.
Liz and I aren't hunters, but it's amazing just how many people are. NZ is a great place for hunting as there's so many introduced species that shouldn't be here. Ecologically speaking, hunting deer, boar, pigs, ferrets, rabbits, possums, thar, chamois is a really good thing, assisting native bush and native birds survive.
And Shaun loves hunting boar. He's good too - here's a recent kill. And his colleagues at AgResearch get to enjoy his labour - every so often they have a spit roast. Having experienced the taste of wild boar and wild venison, I can tell you that it's great. Sadly, I'm not around for the next AgResearch spit roast. But I know that Liz will enjoy it.

2 comments:

Scott Mackay said...

Fantastic

Actually, it looks rather like one of those Rodents of Unusual Size from the Princess Bride. Ahhh, man eating rodents!!

Anonymous said...

Did you see this picture of the largest hog ever found (in the USA of course)?
http://gaysocialites.com/2007/05/11_year_old_kills_biggest_hog_1.html